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Wiggins voted best by SJA

Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins was named the Sports Journalists Association of Britain's sportsman of the year on Thursday.

Wiggins, the first Briton to triumph in cycling's most famous tour, topped the poll of journalists ahead of double Olympic middle-distance gold medal winner Mo Farah and U.S. Open tennis champion Andy Murray.

London Games heptathlon winner Jessica Ennis captured the sportswoman award for the third time in four years, having polled two-thirds of the votes cast.